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Having just seen the light, I figured I might as well put it into writing in case any other is considering switching 
(Actually I didn't wanna do the switch, but Pringles' been hammering me to do so since I got here
)
Anyway - Don't make this to hard on yourself.. Choose wisely young Jedi, your field of battle and your weapon of choice and thou shall soon master the skill of the manual shift !
So - Having done the Seattle 100 twice today (once in a Trueno) already (Been down sick had nothing better to do today
) that was my field of battle... My weapon : The almighty Trueno GT-Apex (aka. the Shigeno). Fully modded N/A it kicks out a healthy 287Bhp and I wouldn't have to worry about Turbo lag. Tires : T3's. I choose the harder T3's so I could spin the tires more easily and get a better feel for when a higher gear than the auto would select would be in place. ASM at 1, TSC at 0. (If you have TSC all the way up, the manual shifting probably won't make as much of a difference as you WON'T powerslide the rear anyway)
I choose a 40 lap race because I knew that if I were to do this 3 or 5 (even 10 I think) laps at a time, I wouldn't get a rhythm going. And I'm fairly sure that it helped a lot. After 23 laps I did my best lap time so far in the Trueno on the Seattle track. 1.40'144, so I am by no means fast driver. I just enjoy the game
So get in your car and prepare for lift off... See how stupid you feel when you get up one too many and you bug it down. Feel the idiot knock at the back of your head when you shift up twice instead of down approaching a corner. This is why I choose 40 instead of 5 laps.. All these things seem to disappear little by little. And suddenly you find yourself powersliding through a turn where the autobox would've pulled it in 4th. But because you're in control, it's still in third and the slide were PERFECT. You are the King.. See how that that turn were nailed because you didn't spin the rear tires because you were a gear higher than the auto would've been (top of the stairs dammit
) And if you wanted to slide the rear for 50 meters, you'd have selected a gear lower...
On the first 8 laps try to remember this : When approching a corner, Brake down to whatever speed you would normally do while keeping the line you'd normally take. THEN downshift. That way you won't have to worry about finding your preferred line or brakepoint (I fuct'ed this a million times). You won't bog it as your speed is going down anyway and you have .2 second while moving from brake to gas where the engine is unemployed anyway
Those .2 second is the time for downshift. But - it won't take many laps before you're downshifting while you're braking while you're keeping the line. Just let the force guide you.. You'll master this soon enough young Jedi..
Either post here or PM me if there's anything I missed or you feel is a load of bull
/F
Edit: Whoever wrote this sucks at spelling
(Actually I didn't wanna do the switch, but Pringles' been hammering me to do so since I got here
)Anyway - Don't make this to hard on yourself.. Choose wisely young Jedi, your field of battle and your weapon of choice and thou shall soon master the skill of the manual shift !
So - Having done the Seattle 100 twice today (once in a Trueno) already (Been down sick had nothing better to do today
) that was my field of battle... My weapon : The almighty Trueno GT-Apex (aka. the Shigeno). Fully modded N/A it kicks out a healthy 287Bhp and I wouldn't have to worry about Turbo lag. Tires : T3's. I choose the harder T3's so I could spin the tires more easily and get a better feel for when a higher gear than the auto would select would be in place. ASM at 1, TSC at 0. (If you have TSC all the way up, the manual shifting probably won't make as much of a difference as you WON'T powerslide the rear anyway)I choose a 40 lap race because I knew that if I were to do this 3 or 5 (even 10 I think) laps at a time, I wouldn't get a rhythm going. And I'm fairly sure that it helped a lot. After 23 laps I did my best lap time so far in the Trueno on the Seattle track. 1.40'144, so I am by no means fast driver. I just enjoy the game
So get in your car and prepare for lift off... See how stupid you feel when you get up one too many and you bug it down. Feel the idiot knock at the back of your head when you shift up twice instead of down approaching a corner. This is why I choose 40 instead of 5 laps.. All these things seem to disappear little by little. And suddenly you find yourself powersliding through a turn where the autobox would've pulled it in 4th. But because you're in control, it's still in third and the slide were PERFECT. You are the King.. See how that that turn were nailed because you didn't spin the rear tires because you were a gear higher than the auto would've been (top of the stairs dammit
) And if you wanted to slide the rear for 50 meters, you'd have selected a gear lower...On the first 8 laps try to remember this : When approching a corner, Brake down to whatever speed you would normally do while keeping the line you'd normally take. THEN downshift. That way you won't have to worry about finding your preferred line or brakepoint (I fuct'ed this a million times). You won't bog it as your speed is going down anyway and you have .2 second while moving from brake to gas where the engine is unemployed anyway
Those .2 second is the time for downshift. But - it won't take many laps before you're downshifting while you're braking while you're keeping the line. Just let the force guide you.. You'll master this soon enough young Jedi..Either post here or PM me if there's anything I missed or you feel is a load of bull
/F
Edit: Whoever wrote this sucks at spelling
